November 21 456 BCE (20th of Kislev, 3306): Ezra called together all the men of Judah and Benjamin and told them that they would have to give up their foreign-born wives. This was part of an attempt by the returning exiles to purify and strength... »
November 16 42 BCE: Birthdate of Tiberius, 2nd Roman emperor. The stepson of Augustus reigned from 14 to 37 C.E. A competent general with a sour disposition, Tiberius came to the thrown through the efforts of his pushy mother. Tiberius treatment of th... »
November 10 1217: During the Fifth Crusade, King Andrew II of Hungary defeated Sultan Al-Adi in what would prove to by a pyric on the banks of Jordan River. The Moslems retreated into fortified positions from which they could not be dislodged, a... »
November 6 355: Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of Gaul. Constantius II followed the pro-Christian and anti-Jewish policies of his father, Constantine ... »